Treading softly paths to ecological order /
That economies must grow is a fundamental belief among economists, politicians, and journalists. But it is rampant material growth that has brought us to this precipice. Princen argues that it is time to build an economy that is grounded in the way natural systems work; that operates as if we have j...
| Main Author: | Princen, Thomas, 1951- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cambridge, Mass. :
Mit Press,
2013.
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| Physical Description: |
xi, 210 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Edition: | First MIT Press paperback edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Within our means
- The disordered order
- From house to home: a parable
- To the heart of the beast
- Only when ...
- A home economy
- Principles
- The elm stand
- Beyond the consumer economy
- Tools for an ecological order
- It isn't easy
- Work, workers, and working: toward an economy that works
- Speaking of the environment: two worlds, two languages
- To sustainabilize: the adaptive strategy of world views
- The new normal.